Du trodde, kära mö du Att jag var klar att dö du Men livet det var starkare än både frost och tö du. Än går jag här och hasar och trasar mej och ser på allt befängt som sker Dock: trösta dej, du mö du: Tids kommer jag att dö du. Fast kanske är du gammal då och trivial och slö du.
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Text Authorship:
- by Nils Johan Einar Ferlin (1898 - 1961), appears in Kejsarens papegoja [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gunhild Margareta Hallin Ekerot (1931 - 2020), "Á la Burns" [ voice and clarinet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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